you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's ham and these are the main stories this morning. the investigation based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge claims police may have broken the law in their probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring. borisjohnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister as the government tries to reassure farmers that they won't lose out after brexit. we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers. it's an important part of our economy, it's an important part of our environmental protection credentials, and of course it is part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers too. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money. the pound dipped against all other

major currencies this morning. iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces he's stepping down after a challenging period for the company. poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrid's pre—season trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club. greg and amber! and, as the winners of this year's love island are crowned, we'll ask what's made the reality show such a success. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a former high courtjudge says

police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. sir richard henriques, who carried out a review of the scotland yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused of abuse may have been obtained unlawfully. andy moore reports. carl beech alleged in police interviews that he had been abused by a group of high—profile men. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. scotland yard spent £2 million investigating those claims. when the investigation collapsed without any charges, the retired judge, sir richard henriques, carried out an independent enquiry. it was completed in 2016

but never fully published. now sir richard has gone to the media with claims the police may themselves have broken the law. the retired armed forces chief lord bramall was one of those accused. the former mp harvey proctor was another. but sir richard says the police may not have told the whole story when applying for warrants to search their homes. according to him, there were inconsistencies in beech's allegations that the judge wasn't told about. the police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct, has also looked at the investigation and concluded there was no evidence that officers deliberately misled the judge. andy moore, bbc news. our correspondent angus crawford gave us this update on the police‘s handling of the case. you may remember, if you cast your mind back to 2014, at that time senior officers described mr beech's allegations as being credible and true.

but the former high courtjudge sir richard henriques, as you have just heard, was brought in to review the whole investigation. although the complete report has not been published, it has been very critical in part. essentially, what he says is that when officers went to a district judge to get a search warrant for several homes — that was lady brittan's home lord bramall‘s home and harvey proctor‘s home — they told the districtjudge at that time that beech's story was consistent with his allegations. but sir richard says they already knew at that point that there were inconsistencies in that information that they had been given and, as a result, they may have, in his words, broken the law by obtaining those warrants. what he does not say is that this was done on purpose. what he says is that there was no evidence that this was withheld deliberately. and what is interesting is that that inference is also upheld by the police watchdog, the iopc, that says there is absolutely no evidence that this was a deliberate omission,

if you like. as for the met, it hasn't yet commented this morning on these allegations but says it always acted in good faith but did admit it did not get everything right. the pound has suffered further falls this morning, dropping another half a percent in early trading, the day after it dipped to its lowest level for more than two years as markets become increasingly worried over the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. one pound currently gets you around one euro nine cents. that could mean good news for tourists coming to the uk, but not if you're heading abroad on holiday. sterling is also down against the us dollar to around $1.22. borisjohnson will make his first visit to wales as prime minister later, as he rallies support for his vision of farming in a post—brexit britain.

he's expected to meet farmers and farm workers in south wales, before talks in cardiff with welsh first minister mark drakeford. it follows a warning from the farmers‘ union of wales that there'll be "civil unrest" in rural areas if the uk leaves the european union without a deal. earlier, i asked the government's secretary of state for wales, alun cairns, what a no—deal brexit would mean for farming. there is no doubt that leaving with a deal, and we need to see a shift in the undemocratic backstop, in order to get to a position where we can have a deal with the european union. i'm optimistic about all of the efforts that are going on across government but michael gove and i we re government but michael gove and i were at the royal welsh agricultural show just last week talking to farmers and farming unions directly to better understand their concerns and that is why the prime minister is visiting today. he specifically

recognises the importance of the agriculture sector to the uk economy, but it specifically in wales. clearly, i have not met a farm that does not complain about the common agricultural policy. it is anti—environmental, it is not helpful to the sustainability of the land. and this is our opportunity to change it. it is bureaucratic, we can be far more efficient and straight forward in the support. we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers. it is an important part of our economy, an important part of our environmental protection credentials, and of course it is part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers as well. an interested that you said three years ago farming was a huge win it from being in europe and therefore i wonder, what made you change your mind? it is about access to the european market is the issue and thatis european market is the issue and that is what we want to achieve through a deal. but 90% of global growth will come from outside of the

european union over the next decade. i don't want to switch one market for the other. i want to access both markets, both in europe as well as the great opportunities around the world, for example the chinese opportunity. we want to deal with both and that is why getting a deal is the best way possible. but if we cannot get a deal, the uncertainty is also causing problems. industry and farmers and other sectors do not know how to invest or where to invest, where to place their attention for a new market opportunities. as a result of that, working both with the european union and with the global opportunities will put farmers and the agriculture sector in the strongest possible position to diversify their outlets so position to diversify their outlets so that when there are challenges in the global environment, they will be ina much the global environment, they will be in a much stronger position. michael gove, the new cabinet minister in charge of no—deal planning, is chairing his first

meeting today of a special committee overseeing preparations for brexit. a source at downing street said the daily operations commitee was being structured in a way so the treasury would be a "motor" for delivering brexit. the new chief secretary to the treasury, rishi sunak, is also expected to attend. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster for us. help me with this, norman. what is the difference between these different committees? we have the daily operations committee but there was also an exit strategy committee. the one meeting today is the operations committee which is basically the nuts and bolts of no deal, the day today planning, the menu shy and nitty—gritty of trying to ensure that if there is no deal, there are not queues at ferry ports, that medical supplies get through. basically that life can carry on with as little disruption as possible. that committee will meet

every day, symbolically it will be meeting in the cobra committee room which is the room set aside for a national emergencies, terror attacks and that sort of thing, to sort of convey that this is a sense of national mission, national endeavour. at the same time there is a separate committee which is a sort of strategy committee which will be chaired by the prime minister and have five or six brexit bigwigs from the cabinet and will be the main decision forum for the big strategic decisions about the brexit negotiations. that will be handled by borisjohnson they have two distinct roles. what is striking is that this is a massive coal of the plethora of different committees and subcommittees that seem to exist under theresa may and which, it was argued, basically resulted in all this gridlock and a lack of oomph and direction when it came to no deal planning. the hope is that

having these two very specific committees, quite small committees, will ensure that actually they achieve things and they don'tjust talk endlessly round and round in circles before referring it to another committee. in other words, they will be results focused. we shall see because we have the first committee of the operations committee of the operations committee today so we will get some sort of sense of what is discussed and what progress has been made. thank you for enlightening me! i have been a bit confused! meanwhile, let's talk about labour because alistair campbell, the former director of communications under tony blair of course, has said he no longer wants to be a labour member and has had some pretty harsh words for the labour leadership. he has built up no secret that alistair campbell is a fierce critic of jeremy corbyn and the direction he has taken the labour party. today, ina has taken the labour party. today, in a lengthy and coruscating denunciation of mr corbyn's leadership, he suggests that mr

corbyn has changed for the worse the culture of the labour party, that it is no longer as the labour party of clement attlee or howard wilson or even clement attlee or howard wilson or eve n to ny clement attlee or howard wilson or even tony blair and gordon brown —— no longer recognisable. what has really driven his anger is the response from mr to brexit and his failure, in his view, to campaign vigorously on behalf of remain. since then, to have abducted a begrudging approach as labour has gradually shifted to a more pro—remain and pro—referendum petition. what i think has triggered him to announce that he does not wa nt to him to announce that he does not want to stay or rejoin the labour party is his view, bluntly, that mr corbyn is unelectable and therefore borisjohnson will win in any contest against him and he urges labour mps contest against him and he urges labourmps and contest against him and he urges labour mps and supporters to recognise the fact and stop pretending that mr corbyn is somehow going to win the next election possibly actually appealed to mr corbyn to himself consider whether he is genuinely a prospective prime

minister, albeit he acknowledged this morning that of course he would be widely criticised for those comments. i think one of the problems is that they have these outriders and sock puppets who will go out and abuse anybody who does not agree with everything jeremy corbyn says or does. and ijust think, look, all my life, whether as a journalist or working in the labour party, in the labour government, i have always believed in speaking truth unto power. i spoke truth to power when it was tony blair, when it was gordon brown, and i think i speak truth to power with borisjohnson. he has no mandate for a no—deal brexit. and i speak truth to power withjeremy corbyn. he has to ask himself, is he capable of doing the job and rising to the challenge that now presents itself to him? and just look at what has happened in the last few days. where is the strategy? it's not as if we didn't know that borisjohnson was going to be prime minister. where is the strategy? and i've just reached the point of deciding in myself, and it's a very personal decision, this is not about some plot or some

other party, none of that, it's a personal decision, i no longer feel that this is the labour party that i have been dedicated to all my life. it's not the party of clement attlee, it's not the party of tony blair or gordon brown, it's not the party of harold wilson and all the leaders that we've had down the years. there has been an official statement in response from the labour party but i'm pretty sure they would argue that mr corbyn has already seen off two conservative prime ministers, david cameron and theresa may. did much better in the 2017 election than many expected, depriving theresa may of a majority, and i suspect he would argue that yes, he has changed the labour party and he wa nts to has changed the labour party and he wants to lead a very different sort of labour party to that which alistair campbell was associated with under tony blair. i think he would insist that he has changed it, in his view, and probably for the better. norman, good to talk to you. thank you.

the headlines on bbc news... a formerjudge says police "must be investigated" over the probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring that was based on the lies of carl beech. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money — the pound dipped against all other major currencies this morning. boris johnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister, hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit. and in sport, paris st germain have signed everton midfielder idrissa gueye for a fee in the region of £30 million on a four—year deal with the french champions. england captain joe root intends to bat at number three in the ashes after volunteering to return to the top of the order against australia with the first test match starting at edgbaston on thursday possible and andy murray says he could return to

playing singles at the cincinnati masters next month. he will play alongside brotherjamie in the doubles in the city open in washington later on today. i will have more on that at 11:30am. let's go back to one of our main stories. borisjohnson will make his first visit to wales as prime minister later, as he rallies support for his vision of farming in a post—brexit britain. he's expected to meet farmers and farm workers in south wales, before talks in cardiff with welsh first minister mark drakeford. we can speak to glyn roberts, from the farmers union of wales. thank you forjoining us. the farmers union of wales have talked about civil unrest in rural wales in the event of a no—deal brexit. what

would that involve? just to make clear about this, we haven't said there would be civil unrest, what we have said is that a no—deal brexit could trigger that. to be honest, thatis could trigger that. to be honest, that is not a shock to the authorities. they have made some plans for a standby for the police and army so it's nothing new that we have said. we are reiterating what has been said with the authorities as well. understood, but if it did trigger, to use your words, this civil unrest, what would that mean? would you be taking to the streets? asa union, would you be taking to the streets? as a union, we don't advocate that. what we have said is that if no—deal brexit will go, in that situation, we will then be in a situation that

there could be civil unrest. what people will do on their backs are against the wall is nothing that we can't stop. but we're advocating that. boris johnson is coming to wales today. what would you say to him if you had the chance?” wales today. what would you say to him if you had the chance? i would like the chance to try to enlighten him, if you like the consequences of a hard brexit to wales will stop because having a hard brexit to wales as a devastating effect. we do rely a lot on our export markets in europe. 30% of our lambs are exported to europe. if we lose that market, there will be a devastating effect on the price of lamb. and there is talk that borisjohnson has said there will be 300 million

towards some parts of the country. three places in scotland, two in northern ireland and one in wales. if you think about that 300 million, divided hypothetically by six, it should give wales a 50 million. but the point is here, it's the correct perspective that 124 million, it's worth 124 million current to export oui’ worth 124 million current to export ourlambs to worth 124 million current to export our lambs to europe and another 62 million to export our beef to europe. that is the context we should be looking at. the government says that there will be a major new opportunities for farmers, there will be a new trade deals and new markets to exploit its fair to say, isn't it, that plenty of farmers have been very critical of the eu's common agricultural policy. would you accept that? i accept what you said. one ortwo

you accept that? i accept what you said. one or two points there. what is that we should be capitalising on every opportunity to have another, wider access to our product. but the thing is, we shouldn't be looking at other avenues in terms of other countries at the detriment of losing europe. europe is only a few miles away to us. america and china and all the other countries are thousands of miles away. put that in perspective as well. if we lose that european market and we have a usa market free market, that will only be half as good as the european market we already have. understood.

glyn roberts from the farmers union of wales, really good to hear your thoughts and thank you forjoining us on thoughts and thank you forjoining us on bbc news. a leading financial services company, capital one, has disclosed that the personal details of over 100 million people in north america have been hacked. the hacker stole information including credit scores, balances and social security numbers. a suspect has been charged with computer fraud in a court in seattle. the company which owns british gas has announced that its chief executive, iain conn, is to step down. centrica has reported a pre—tax loss of £446 million in the six months tojune. i asked our business presenter, dominic o'connell, about the resignation. he said it was because he had come to the end of a natural restructuring of centrica, or a natural break in the restructuring. he has moved it away from owning things like oil and gas fields

and power stations and interest in nuclear power stations in particular, into a more energy related services — installing boilers, smart metres, that kind of thing. but also the share price really tells you an awful lot. when he joined, about four years ago, you could buy centrica shares for £3. they are now 80p. that is a giant fall, from what was once one of the biggest players in the british energy world, and still does own british gas so still has about a bit less than a fifth of all uk household accounts. but times have changed a lot. it was a dominant player, it was very hard for people to compete with it. in the last five years, when iain conn has been at the helm, there have been a lot more competitors have come along and it has become a lot easier to switch your account and on top of that, we now have a price cap on energy bills which will cost centrica £300 million this year in retail profits. all these things have been headwinds for iain conn and he has been racing to try and restructure the business but the jury is still out as to whether it is the right kind of restructuring. as he said, it is probably a natural time for him to go but i suspect there won't be too many tears shed

in the city because of that share price fall. he is leaving hisjob but could we see other job cuts at centrica, do you think? definitely, there have already been thousands ofjob cuts at centrica over at the last four or five years as the company has restructured. it was a very big company and is now a lot smaller. its back office has shrunk a lot more and i think it is almost certain that there will be more job cuts over time. and the company itself is breaking up. they said they they are already selling their stake in britain's nuclear power stations. they said they will sell their stake in oil and gas. they still have quite a big oil and gas investment portfolio and they are going to sell that sometime before the end of the year. centrica really is being broken up as mr conn heads for the exit. the rapper asap rocky has gone on trial in stockholm today, accused of assaulting a 19—year—old in the swedish capital last month. the case has sparked a major debate in the united states, with president trump, and celebrities including kim kardashian—west and justin bieber calling for his release. a lawyer involved in the case says he has new evidence that will prove the rapper is innocent.

our correspondent maddy savage is in stockholm outside the court for us. what has been happening this morning? the court hasjust broken for lunch but it has been an intense couple of hours with the court beginning to go through a 522 page document all different kinds of evidence relating to the case. text m essa 9 es evidence relating to the case. text messages between asap rocky and some of his friends and family. graphic photos of some of the victims are pa rt photos of some of the victims are part of the injuries and also witness testimonies from some of those connected to the trial. there has been particular attention to some of the medical reports of the victim and also photographs of a glass bottle which was allegedly used in the assault and many experts say could prove to be a key item of evidence in this case just a

reminder for evidence in this case just a reminderfor anybody evidence in this case just a reminder for anybody catching up with this, asap rocky is accused of assault. two other suspects are facing the same charges and this all dates back to a night around a month ago here in stockholm when he was caught up in a fight outside a burger restaurant. he and his friends say that they were provoked and they were being followed by a group and they were acting in self defence but there have been videos that have really been released on the internet which appeared to show asap rocky pinning the victim to the ground. we have spoken to one of the other suspects' lawyers who says that more crucial evidence that has not yet been presented will be given to the court and that includes two witness testimonies and other evidence which he says should ensure that the case goes the way that asap rocky and the other suspects would like. if it does not, they could face a sentence of up to two years here in sweden. how long will the

case go on for? the case is expected to go on for at least three days and there is already a huge global media interest we estimate around 70 different journalists from all around the world are here to try to find out what happens. asap rocky's mum has also been in court for the trial. there was a huge media mob around her when she arrived and she has looked quite emotional during the court proceedings. i saw her giving a hug to one of his other supporters just before the court broke for lunch a couple of minutes ago. asap rocky himself is sitting in the front row, sitting up straight and looking very engaged, listening to a translation of the court proceedings through an earpiece and looking very attentively at the evidence that has been projected on the wall in the courtroom. we are expecting proceedings to resume in about an hour but they could last up to three days. thank you very much for the

update. it's been one of the most talked about tv shows of the summer, and last night fans tuned in to watch the final of love island. if you don't want to know who won, then look away now! love it or loathe it, love island was the most watched programme of the year among 16 to 34—year—olds. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. greg and amber! together for just two of the eight—week long series, the shock moment when amber and greg were crowned this year's winners. the public clearly impressed with their devotion to each other. i knew kind of coming in that she definitely was the one out of the girls that were in the villa that i'd go for. her confidence straightaway was just something that stood out for me. he'sjust lovely. like, he'sjust lovely. he's got a nice energy about him. yeah. i like being around you all the time. and you make us laugh. aw! you ask a girl to be your girlfriend... in the future, shows

like this could well be under greater scrutiny, though. i was petrified of nobody picking me. at the start of the month, nearly 200 people contacted ofcom, many of them concerned for the welfare of contestant amy hart. she said after exiting the show that the programme had given her the support she needed, both during her time on love island and after leaving. and media regulator ofcom are proposing new rules to ensure that all radio and tv programmes do take proper care of participants' well—being and mental health. the show has been a huge ratings hit for itv2, with a few episodes being watched by more than 6 million viewers, sometimes beating popular soaps like emmerdale and eastenders. and fans may not have to wait until next summer for the next series. itv says that from 2020, there will be two series of love island each year. lizo mzimba, bbc news. and to talk more to us about this

year's programme and what life is like after being on the programme we are joined by 2017 contestant chloe crowhurst. thank you so much forjoining us. what have you made this year's series? i have actually really enjoyed it. i felt, series? i have actually really enjoyed it. ifelt, when you're watching it and you feel somebody has taken your house from you, every yeari has taken your house from you, every year i think, that is my little villa, what's going on! but everybody was so lovely. there has been a lot of big personalities. i thought it was a good series this year. how much has it changed since you were on it? it is really hard to tell. i think once you have been there and experienced their villa and the life inside, when you watch it, you have a very different perspective of how it actually is. you can see things that you think,

you know, they have been prompted to do these things and stuff like that. ifind it very do these things and stuff like that. i find it very different to watch when you are a normal viewer as opposed to a previous contestant but i don't feel it has changed as much in respect to the challenges or anything. they are pretty similar. obviously the contestants on that are getting more and more glamour by the episode! you can give us an interesting insight into how much of what we see on screen is manipulated. how much are you told what to do and say? you're going to get me in trouble, you guys! you are not a kind of told to say, oh, i really like you. you are kinda prompted, go and take so—and—so to the stairs and have a conversation about so—and—so or tell this person that this person kissed so—and—so.

it is kind of like that and that is what you see on the tv screens, you don't actually see the genuine co ntesta nts' don't actually see the genuine contestants' personalities don't actually see the genuine contesta nts' personalities and don't actually see the genuine contestants' personalities and i think that is why people like watching the unseen moments because thatis watching the unseen moments because that is just the people who are enjoying themselves and doing what they would do on a day—to—day basis without any of the prompting and stuff like that that you get from the producers. tell us a little about what life is like when you leave the island. does life and return to normal? i know it was quite tricky for you for a bit. yeah, when i came out, me personally, i had a lot of drama with my ex boyfriend back before going onto the show which followed me after the show, so i found it quite difficult in that respect, but honestly it was a roller—coaster of so many different emotions. you're so many different emotions. you're so busy all the time. i got

tonsillitis twice in a year because i was just so busy. but now, last yeari i was just so busy. but now, last year i decided i would take a seven month break from social media so i have just returned to social media on instagram this week, which is very daunting, because it can have a real negative effect on some people. some people just can't handle the pressure. i have never been into that really before i went on the show, are used to post once a week or once a fortnight. you feel so much pressure to look nice all the time and go to nice places and be in nice restaurants, time and go to nice places and be in nice restau ra nts, nig htclu bs time and go to nice places and be in nice restaurants, nightclubs and bars, just to kind of show your followers you are doing that. i don't understand why you should have to do that. so i do feel like you've become a lot more pressurised and a lot more aware of your appearance and your where you are going. we had to leave it there but it has been

really nice to chat to you. thanks so much. thank you so much for having me, thank you. now the weather. nothing like the sunshine there, they the cloud is piling on and most of us will see some showers in the next few hours work a couple of days. here we are in cambridgeshire, the hottest place in the uk on record, but verified only yesterday, last week. this week more unsettled. big thunderstorms to come. here are the swirling balance of showers. some gaps in between and there will be some sunny spells but some showers will be proper humdinger is through the afternoon. already some reports of localised flooding. problems on the roads with surface water. strong and gusty winds affecting much of the south coast. 35, 40, maybe even 45 mph

gusts possible to the afternoon. showers slowly drifting eastwards and extending further north. biased brightest perhaps parts of east anglia, the north—east of account, some showers for scotland and northern ireland. decent sunshine for the north—east of scotland where we could get up to 24 celsius. hello, this is bbc newsroom live with rebecca jones. the headlines... the probe based on the lies of carl beech — a formerjudge, who reviewed the way police investigated claims of a vip paedophile ring, has said officers may have broken the law. the pound has continued to fall on currency markets — as the government insists that the uk is prepared to leave the eu without a deal. borisjohnson will visit wales for the first time as prime minister — hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit. iain conn, the chief

executive of centrica, which owns british gas, has announced he's stepping down after a challenging period for the company. attempts to close the gap in performance between poorer students and their classmates in england's secondary schools have stalled for the first time in eight years. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. good morning. paris st germain have signed midfielder idrissa gueye from everton today for a fee in the region of £30 million pounds. the senegal international has been at goodison park for three years afterjoining the club from aston villa. he returns to france after seven seasons with lille earlier in his career. let's get more on gareth bale now. as we told you yesterday, he's pulled out of real madrid's trip to munich for a preseason tournament after the club blocked a move to china. last week, real boss zinedine zidane

said the welshman was "very close to leaving" having fallen out of favour. he posted this on instagram of the last hour in a real madrid top. linked with numerous clubs across europe but was keen, we thought, to put a move to china. our sports correspondent david ornstein has more. an incredible story. if you think that bale was all set for this big move to china, reports suggest he was going to sign a three—year contract and an incredible £1 million a week. he was pretty keen to go ahead with that and obviously his relationship is very poor with the real madrid coach zinedine zidane and the fans and some of the players according to some reports. so, the rail madrid president florentino perez cancelled that deal because he thought he was going to get a transfer fee in exchange for bale who in 2013 joined real madrid for a then world record £86 million. the chinese club said hang on a

second, we are paying so much on his salary we are not giving you any money for the transfer fee, so perez said we are not having that. he pulled the plug on the deal and gareth bale has to now stay at real madrid, or so it seems. britain's nicola adams has become wbo world flyweight champion for the first time because arely muthio is injured and unable to defend the title. adams was interim champion and mandatory challenger to mucino ahead of their scheduled fight in march, but adams was injured in the build—up. the wbo has today said that mexican has since suffered head and ankle injuries and is not able to "participate in active competition". on to cricket now — england captainjoe root intends to bat at number three in the ashes, despite volunteering to return to the top order against australia. the ashes begins on thursday against australia at edgbaston. the aussies hold the urn after victory down under in 2018, and ashley giles, managing director of english cricket, says the team will have to "raise their game" to claim it back.

the momentum, hopefully, we can take from that win into that this tournament is important. i don't know how we would have picked this group of players up if we hadn't got over the line on that sunday evening. but do you ever really need lifting for an ashes series? i'm looking out here at edgbaston now, fantastic ground, it's going to be a great atmosphere. we're a couple of days away from another ashes series, there's quite like it in cricket. australia opener david warner limped out of training yesterday after suffering a bruised thigh. he was pictured receiving attention from medical staff and and had an ice pack on but today he appeared fit and ready for the first ashes test as he practiced in the edgbaston nets on tuesday. he is due to make his test comeback after being banned for 12 months for ball tampering. andy murray says he could return to playing singles at the cincinnati masters next month. he'll compete with his brother jamie in the doubles at the washington open later. they'll face edouard roger—vasselin and nicolas mahut in their opening round match. he had previously said it was "pretty unlikely" he would play singles at the us

open, but said the best—case scenario probably would be cincinnati. i'll have more for you in the next hour. attempts to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils and other children in england's secondary schools is almost at a "standstill", according to a new report. the ‘education policy institute' found poorer pupils are, on average, 18 months behind the rest of the class by the age of 16. our education correspondent frankie mccamley reports. tackling the gap in achievements between poorer pupils who are eligible for free school meals and their peers has always been a priority. in the last eight years, analysis showed progress in closing the gap was slowing down to a point where it's now at a standstill. researchers found between 2017 and 2018, the gap has actually widened slightly by 0.2

months to 18.1 months, meaning poorer pupils are now 1.5 years behind their peers by gcse level, with larger gaps in northern england of more than two years. the report also warns that black caribbean pupils have experienced particularly poor progress. in secondary schools, they're more likely to be in deficit than primary schools with around 30% of pupils in deficit. that's the age range where we're seeing the real problems with the gap stopping and potentially starting to widen in future. at the current rate, the study predicts it will take 500 years to close the gap but the government says the gap for both primary and secondary schools has narrowed overall since 2011, with nearly £2.5 billion spent supporting disadvantaged pupils this year alone.

public transport in hong kong has been disrupted by pro—democracy protestors, causing chaos for the morning rush hour. activists blocked train doors, preventing trains from leaving stations and causing hundreds of people to look for other ways of getting to work. police investigating rape allegations against brazilian football player neymar say they have closed the case. he was accused of the attack on a woman in a paris hotel last month and was questioned by police in sao paulo for more than five hours. he's denied the allegations. at least 57 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in northern brazil. the deadly riot, at altamira prison in the state of para, is the second major eruption of violence in the country's over populated prison system this year. rebecca hartmann reports. crying and wailing. five hours of violence

in the altamira prison due to clashes between rival gangs. 16 of the dead were decapitated. others suffocated, after part of the prison was set on fire. two prison guards were taken hostage during the violence but was swiftly freed. translation: what we can verify is that the scene is basically macabre. there were decapitations, there were people who were asphyxiated by the smoke, but now it is calm, it's calmer. the prisoners were separated and we will now await the official list of those who were victims and those that also survived this rebellion. violent clashes between rival gangs in brazilian prisons are frequent. in may, 40 prisoners were found strangled on the same day across four different prisons. overcrowding is often blamed for the violence in brazil's prison system. the population of brazil's prisons has grown rapidly, from over 230,000 in 2000 to over 700,000 in 2019.

the official capacity of brazil's prisons isjust 423,000. altamira has a capacity of 200, but was occupied by 309 inmates. officials deny was overcrowded. the prisoners involved in the violence will now be separated and moved to other prisons, but critics say the system needs major reform to stop the gang—fuelled violence. two children aged six and 13, are among those confirmed dead after a shooting at a food festival in california on sunday. four people were killed, including the gunman who was shot by police. the authorities are still trying to establish a motive for the attack. dave lee reports. what's going on, what's going on?! as the shots rang out, there was at first confusion, and then panic, and eventually disbelief.

they're shooting! for most of the weekend, this was the scene of a happy, popular food festival, with around 80,000 people in attendance. but by sunday evening, it had turned into the latest american mass shooting, the 246th in this country, in this year alone. pop, pop, pop, pop, and wejust went behind some tents and took cover. and we knew right away when we saw a lot of people just running away from there. we thought it was a firecracker. and then, when i looked to the side, we knew it wasn't. we both turned at the same exact time and saw him standing right there. he was within, what, ten feet of us? yeah, he shot one shot. he wasjust going back and forth. and then he put the clip in, and hejust started moving back and forth, walking towards our tent because that's where most of the people were in that area, and he just started shooting. police said they took less than a minute to shoot dead the man once he opened fire, but even with that rapid response, the gunman was able to cause carnage with what police described

as an ak—47—like rifle. there absolutely would have been more bloodshed, i believe. with the number of people, in the small area that they were in, i think it's very, very fortunate that they were able to engage him as quickly as they did. six—year—old stephen romero is the first victim identified. he had been visiting with his mother and grandmother, who were both wounded. also among the dead, a man in his 20s and a girl aged 13. police confirmed the killer to be santino legan, a 19—year—old man who was able to evade security by cutting through the festival's perimeterfence. he was also able to avoid california's gun laws, the most strict in the country, by simply travelling to the neighbouring state of nevada to buy the weapon legally. the captain of the tanker carrying iranian oil held off gibraltar after being seized

by british royal marines has told the bbc‘s tom bateman that his crew has been caught up in what he called a political game. the captain, an indian national, spoke on the condition of anonymity. he says the force used to detain the ship was unnecessary. they came up to the bridge and i asked the captain what do you want? they just pointed the asked the captain what do you want? theyjust pointed the gun they started chatting look forward, look forward. i said started chatting look forward, look forward. isaid i started chatting look forward, look forward. i said i am the captain, tell me what you want. they listened to me, i was totally shocked, i didn't know what to feel because they didn't give me a chance to talk. they didn't care. there was no regulations followed. we are unarmed crew. i was in a state of shock. everybody was in a state of shock. i was trying to talk to them and they we re was trying to talk to them and they were not communicating. when you say

no regulations were followed, in what sense ? no regulations were followed, in what sense? i mean, how do you come ownership like this with armed forces and such brute force, for what reason? you suspect the vessel is carrying oil, all you need to do to arrest the ship is the master comes on board and says give me your certificate, you are being arrested, but does all that needs to be done, i don't know why so much force was used. i don't understand. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... a formerjudge says police "must be investigated" over the probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring that was based on the lies of carl beech. boris johnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister — hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit. poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class by the time they are 16 —

according to new research. i'm ben thompson, these are the top business stories... the pound has continued to fall on currency markets as the government insists that the uk is prepared to leave the eu without a deal. sterling fell in overnight trade in asia to a two—year low against the dollar. it's also been losing ground against the euro. mobile phone group giffgaff has been fined £1.4 million by regulator ofcom for "unacceptable" billing mistakes that saw 2.6 million customers overcharged. ofcom said giffgaff, owned by 02's parent telefonica, overcharged people by nearly £2.9 million. the chief executive of centrica, the owner of british gas, is to step down and retire from the company's board next year. he told the today programme it was "a natural time for me to hand over." it comes as the firm reports

a pre—tax loss of £446 million in the six months tojune. this time last year it made a profit of more than £700 million. good morning. more on news that the pound is falling still against major currencies following overnight as investors worry about the prospect ofa investors worry about the prospect of a no—deal brexit. under new prime minister boris johnson, the government has toughened its stance on a no—deal brexit, which it has said is "now a very real prospect." against the dollar a pound will now bow you $1.21. against the euro, falling to now worth just over1 euro. the weak pound is good news for some firms, but bad news for others, including holidaymakers who will find their travel money doesn't go as far. overseas visitors to the uk though will find their holidays much cheaper. claer barrett is personal finance editor at the financial times.

nice to see you as always. i said there are winners and losers in all of this. first of all runners through who stands to win out of this. i would like to hope there would be a tourist boom to the uk because certainly we are a much cheaper price to come and visit and it would be great for domestic businesses and hoteliers, restaurant trade, all around the country, many things if you're watching this overseas, come to britain and help us overseas, come to britain and help us out in our time of crisis because it isa us out in our time of crisis because it is a bloodbath on the currency markets at the moment. sterling is really rapidly falling. down 4% in the month ofjuly alone which couldn't frankly be worse timing for anyone going on holiday. obviously you are going to feel it in your wallet immediately if you are spending any money overseas, particularly in the us or europe. we are particularly in the us or europe. we a re pretty particularly in the us or europe. we are pretty much at parity with the euro now which has not been the case for a number of years. people would

be very well advised to not change their currency within the airport when they are about to step on a plane, perhaps a worse rate that you can getand plane, perhaps a worse rate that you can get and maybe even to get a special card before you go on holiday, perhaps from one of the online apps provided by digital challenger bank which means you avoid your bank charging you 3% non—sterling transaction fee for using your card overseas. non—sterling transaction fee for using your card overseaslj non—sterling transaction fee for using your card overseas. i wanted to ask you about some of those top tips because when you look at it and you say the most unprecedented we are almost at parity with the euro. it will make holidays much more expensive. where are the things that people can keep an eye on and what things can people do to make sure the money they do get goes further? asi the money they do get goes further? as i said, with those cards, if you still have at least two days before you go on holiday you can apply for there are three main digital banks offering these cards, bonzo, revellers and starling which you can apply online and get it through your letterbox within two days. if you

have less time you can go to a branch of metro bank on the same day with your id documentation and work out of the branch with a card. that can be used to make fee free transactions within europe. that could be something that could save you significant amounts on your currency. the other great ruse used by merchants overseas is with the chip and pin terminal. they hand you that and it says do you want to pay in sterling or in the local currency? if you choose sterling, the rate is bound to be an absolute rip off! the rate is bound to be an absolute rip off i am afraid. never pay in pounds when you pay on plastic, is the right that your card person sets and use a card that has a very low rate, it would be my advice. some good top tips. also we talked about this a lot, the money markets had factored in potentially what might happen politically and whether a no—deal brexit is on the cards, it really changed this week and that is why we are seeing such a response. of course the formation of the new government, the rhetoric given out,

the messages, the currency market can only respond to that in the way, it knows how, pressing the pound at a much lower level. i am personally worried about how much lower it could go. i should stress it is not all bad news. if you are an investor or if you have a pension as millions of us have the ftse100, the index of us have the ftse100, the index of britain's100 biggest companies has actually risen as the pound has been experiencing pressure because there is an inverse relationship between the two because so many of our biggest companies earn most of their money overseas so when they repatriate that as a negative correlation with the price of the dividends they are paying investors and therefore the stock market as a whole grew up in the ftse100 is approaching levels it hasn't seen for some years. white winners and losers in all of this. grateful for your time as always. in other business news... bakery chain greggs has reported

a big rise in half—year sales and profits, helped in part by the success of its vegan sausage roll. total sales across the chain rose nearly 15% in the half of the year, with like—for—like sales up 10.5%. pre—tax profits jumped to £36.7 million. the company has been opening around 100 new shops a year and hopes to open store number 2000 in the next few weeks. despite being on the receiving end of us trade restrictions, chinese tech giant huawei has reported a 23% rise in sales to $58 billion in the first half of the year. smartphone sales were up 24%. the us government says that huawei is a national security risk because its products could be used for spying — an accusation which huawei denies. and the chinese owner of gay dating app grindr plans to list the firm publicly after us authorities abandoned their opposition to the move. the firm had suspended plans for an stock market flotation last

year due to us objections. the us had expressed concern over chinese ownership of the us—based firm. and miniature bottles of shampoo and showergel are to be removed from all hotels run by intercontinental hotels group — to help cut down on plastic waste. it's the first global hotel brand to make such a move. the uk—based owner of holiday inn and crowne plaza hotels has pledged to take the small plastic bottles out of its 843,000 rooms by 2021. quick look at the numbers and that is where they currently are. one of the biggest folders today, centrica, down nearly 15% after reporting that heavy loss but also news that iain conn the boss of parent company british gas is to step down. the ftse100 barely changed on the day but these are the ones to keep an eye on as we touched on, the pound buying you a dollar 21, and just shy

of the euro. keep an eye on that. but as claire was telling us a little earlier it could mean that holidays this year are more expensive. we will keep an eye on that. more for you throughout the afternoon. some good pictures of whales. now, have a look at these pictures which show hundreds of volunteers helping to rescue a pod of whales stranded on a beach in florida. tents were erected above the beached whales to protect them from the sun. three of the animals were loaded on to boats to be released back into the gulf of mexico, and two were taken by truck to receive further treatment. now, have a listen to this... # i got the horses in the back # horse tack is attached # head is matte black... that's the rap song old town road, by the us rapper lil nas x, and it's become the longest—running number one in us chart history.

it overtook luis fonsi's despacito and mariah carey's one sweet day, which both spent 16 weeks at number one. old town road has had more than 72 million streams and an incredible 46,000 downloads in the past seven days. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good morning. last week we were using umbrellas to keep the sun off with parasols, but they are holding back the rain for today, wednesday and thursday, up against the showers. here is cambridge at the moment, thick black cloud on the horizon there. last week, last thursday cambridge botanic gardens was the hottest place ever recorded in the uk, that record now verified at 38.7 celsius. low pressure is swirling. the bans of cloud across the uk at the moment centre towards

the uk at the moment centre towards the south—west. at that cloud some heavy falls of rain. some thunder and may be some hail this afternoon as well. very strong gusty winds to the south of the low. to the north a band of also pushing into northern ireland and southern scotland. these winds along the south coast are quite concerning, gusting up to 45 mph and perhaps even a little higher with the needles on the isle of wight in the coming hours and the showers giving some heavy downpours with surface water flooding problem, we could see 25 or 30 millilitres in an hourorso in we could see 25 or 30 millilitres in an hour or so in some spots, not to be underestimated. with the rain, highs of 19 or 20. the focus of this hours shifts for north through this evening. some wet weather across the midlands and northern england and their is drier weather to the south. largely dry over night for northern ireland and much of scotland. showers sitting to the south. for wednesday the centre of the low still slowly moving across towards the north sea stop we start to see showers getting pushed further into scotland. a pretty wet day

particularly across southern and central scotland tomorrow. to the north, still perhaps some more stubborn cloud but i think a drier story and a lot of showers for the north—east of england wednesday afternoon. to the south, much improved on today. brighter spells and temperatures of 23 or 24. thursday it is still with us, just slowly pulling out into the north sea. still areas adjacent to the north sea, a breezy tile at times, quite a lot of cloud and the risk of heavier showers. brighter quite a lot of cloud and the risk of heaviershowers. brighteragain towards the west with temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. by friday i think we will finally see the low off into the continent and a quiet day to end the wait. it should essentially be dry i think for the majority stop temperatures start to creep up again as we hold onto that high for the start of the weekend. i am afraid sunday could see the showers back with us.

you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories this morning. the investigation based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge claims police may have broken the law in their probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring. boris johnson is set to visit wales for the first time as prime minister as the government tries to reassure farmers that they won't lose out after brexit. we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers. it's an important part of our economy, it's an important part of our environmental protection credentials, and of course it is part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers too. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money. the pound dipped against all other major currencies this morning. people with alcohol problems in england are less than half

as likely to get the right help than elsewhere in britain according to new research. new figures show that poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses. greg and amber! and, as the winners of this year's love island are crowned, we'll ask what's made the reality show such a success. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm rebecca jones. a former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. sir richard henriques, who carried out a review

of the scotland yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused of abuse may have been obtained unlawfully. andy moore reports. carl beech alleged in police interviews that he had been abused by a group of high—profile men. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. scotland yard spent £2 million investigating those claims. when the investigation collapsed without any charges, the retired judge, sir richard henriques, carried out an independent enquiry. it was completed in 2016 but never fully published. now sir richard has gone to the media with claims the police may themselves have broken the law. the retired armed forces chief lord bramall was one of those accused. the former mp harvey proctor was another.

but sir richard says the police may not have told the whole story when applying for warrants to search their homes. according to him, there were inconsistencies in beech's allegations that the judge wasn't told about. the police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct, has also looked at the investigation and concluded there was no evidence that officers deliberately misled the judge. andy moore, bbc news. our correspondent angus crawford gave us this update on the police's handling of the case. you may remember, if you cast your mind back to 2014, at that time senior officers described mr beech's allegations as being credible and true. but the former high courtjudge sir richard henriques, as you have just heard, was brought in to review the whole investigation. although the complete report has not been published, it has been very critical in part. essentially, what he says is that when officers went to a district judge to get a search warrant for several homes —

that was lady brittan's home lord bramall‘s home and harvey proctor‘s home — they told the districtjudge at that time that beech's story was consistent with his allegations. but sir richard says they already knew at that point that there were inconsistencies in that information that they had been given and, as a result, they may have, in his words, broken the law by obtaining those warrants. what he does not say is that this was done on purpose. what he says is that there was no evidence that this was withheld deliberately. and what is interesting is that that inference is also upheld by the police watchdog, the iopc, that says there is absolutely no evidence that this was a deliberate omission, if you like. as for the met, it hasn't yet commented this morning on these allegations but says it always acted in good faith but did admit it did not get everything right. borisjohnson will make his first visit to wales as prime minister

a little later, as he rallies support for his vision of farming in a post—brexit britain. he's expected to meet farmers and farm workers in south wales, before talks in cardiff with welsh first minister mark drakeford. it follows a warning from the farmers' union of wales that there'll be "civil unrest" in rural areas if the uk leaves the european union without a deal. earlier i asked secretary of state for wales alun cairns about the government's plans. it's about access to the european market and that's what we want to achieve from a deal but 90% of global growth will come from outside the eu over the next decade. i don't wa nt to the eu over the next decade. i don't want to switch one market for the other, i want to access both markets, both in europe as well as the great opportunities around the world and i underlined the chinese opportunity, for example. we want to

deal with both and that is why getting a deal is the best way possible but if we cannot get a deal, the uncertainty is also causing problems. industry and farmers and other sectors don't know how to invest or where to invest, where to place their attention for a new market opportunities. as a result of that, working both with the eu and with the global opportunities will put farmers and the agriculture sector in the strongest possible position to diversify their outlets so that when there are challenges in the global environment, they will be in a much stronger position. the pound has suffered further falls this morning, dropping another half a percent in early trading, the day after it dipped to its lowest level for more than two years as markets become increasingly worried over the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. one pound currently gets you around one euro ten cents. that could mean good news for tourists coming to the uk, but not if you're heading abroad on holiday. sterling is also down against the us

dollar to around $1.22. michael gove, the new cabinet minister in charge of no—deal planning, is chairing his first meeting today of a special committee overseeing preparations for brexit. a source at downing street said the daily operations commitee was being structured in a way so the treasury would be a "motor" for delivering brexit. the new chief secretary to the treasury, rishi sunak, is also expected to attend. our assistant political editor norman smith gave us this update. the one meeting today is the operations committee which is basically the nuts and bolts of no deal, the day—to—day planning, the minutiae and nitty—gritty of trying to ensure that if there is no deal, there are not queues at ferry ports, that medical supplies get through. basically, that life can carry on with as little

disruption as possible. that committee will meet every day, symbolically it will be meeting in the cobra committee room which is the room set aside for national emergencies, terror attacks and that sort of thing, to sort of convey that this is a sense of national mission, national endeavour. at the same time there is a separate committee which is a sort of strategy committee which will be chaired by the prime minister and will have five or six brexit bigwigs from the cabinet and will be the main decision—making forum for the big strategic decisions about the brexit negotiations. that will be handled by borisjohnson so they have two distinct roles. what is striking is that this is a massive cull of the plethora of different committees and subcommittees that seemed to exist under theresa may and which, it was argued, basically resulted in all this gridlock and a lack of oomph and direction when it came

to no—deal planning. the hope is that having these two very specific committees, quite small committees, will ensure that actually they achieve things and they don't just talk endlessly round and round in circles before referring it to another committee. in other words, they will be results—focused. we shall see because we have the first meeting of the operations committee today so we will get some sort of sense of what is discussed and what progress has been made. thank you for enlightening me! i have been a bit confused! meanwhile, let's talk about labour because alistair campbell, the former director of communications under tony blair of course, has said he no longer wants to be a labour member and has had some pretty harsh words for the labour leadership. he has. no secret that alistair campbell is a fierce critic ofjeremy corbyn and the direction he has taken the labour party. today, in a lengthy and coruscating denunciation of mr corbyn's leadership, he suggests that

mr corbyn has changed for the worse the culture of the labour party, that it is no longer recognisable as the labour party of clem attlee, harold wilson or even tony blair and gordon brown. what has really driven his anger is the response from mr corbyn to brexit and his failure, in his view, to campaign vigorously on behalf of remain. since then, to have adopted a begrudging approach as labour has gradually shifted to a more pro—remain and pro—referendum position. what i think has triggered him to announce that he does not want to stay or rejoin the labour party is his view, bluntly, that mr corbyn is unelectable and therefore borisjohnson will win in any contest against him, and he urges labour mps and supporters to recognise the fact and stop pretending that mr corbyn is somehow

going to win the next election. he actually appeals to mr corbyn to himself consider whether he is genuinely a prospective prime minister, albeit he acknowledged this morning that of course he would be widely criticised for those comments. i think one of the problems is that they have these outriders and sock puppets who will go out and abuse anybody who does not agree with everything jeremy corbyn says or does. and ijust think, look, all my life, whether as a journalist or working in the labour party, in the labour government, i have always believed in speaking truth unto power. i spoke truth to power when it was tony blair, when it was gordon brown, and i think i speak truth to power with borisjohnson. he has no mandate for a no—deal brexit. and i speak truth to power withjeremy corbyn. he has to ask himself, is he capable of doing the job and rising to the challenge that now presents itself to him? and just look at what has happened in the last few days. where is the strategy? it's not as if we didn't know that borisjohnson was going to be prime minister. where is the strategy? and i've just reached the point of deciding in myself, and it's a very personal decision,

this is not about some plot or some other party, none of that, it's a personal decision, i no longer feel that this is the labour party that i have been dedicated to all my life. it's not the party of clement attlee, it's not the party of tony blair or gordon brown, it's not the party of harold wilson and all the leaders that we've had down the years. there has been no official statement in response from the labour party but i'm pretty sure they would argue that mr corbyn has already seen off two conservative prime ministers, david cameron and theresa may. did much better in the 2017 election than many expected, depriving theresa may of a majority, and i suspect he would argue that yes, he has changed the labour party and he wants to lead a very different sort of labour party to that which alistair campbell was associated with under tony blair. i think he would insist that he has changed it, in his view, and probably for the better. norman smith there, our assistant

political editor. the company which owns british gas has announced that its chief executive, iain conn, is to step down. centrica has reported a pre—tax loss of £446 million in the six months tojune. i asked our business presenter, dominic o'connell, about the resignation. he said it was because he had come to the end of a natural restructuring of centrica, or a natural break in the restructuring. he has moved it away from owning things like oil and gas fields and power stations and interest in nuclear power stations in particular, into a more energy related services — installing boilers, smart metres, that kind of thing. but also the share price really tells you an awful lot. when he joined, about four years ago, you could buy centrica shares for £3. they are now 80p. that is a giant fall, from what was once one of the biggest players in the british energy world, and still does own british gas so still has about a bit less than a fifth of all uk household accounts. but times have changed a lot. it was a dominant player, it was very hard for people to compete with it. in the last five years,

when iain conn has been at the helm, there have been a lot more competitors have come along and it has become a lot easier to switch your account and on top of that, we now have a price cap on energy bills which will cost centrica £300 million this year in retail profits. all these things have been headwinds for iain conn and he has been racing to try and restructure the business but the jury is still out as to whether it is the right kind of restructuring. as he said, it is probably a natural time for him to go but i suspect there won't be too many tears shed in the city because of that share price fall. he is leaving hisjob but could we see other job cuts at centrica, do you think? definitely, there have already been thousands ofjob cuts at centrica over at the last four or five years as the company has restructured. it was a very big company and is now a lot smaller. its back office has shrunk a lot more and i think it is almost certain that there will be more job cuts over time. and the company itself is breaking up. they said they they are already selling their stake in britain's nuclear power stations. they said they will sell their stake in oil and gas. they still have quite a big oil and gas investment portfolio

and they are going to sell that sometime before the end of the year. centrica really is being broken up as mr conn heads for the exit. a leading financial services company, capital one, has disclosed that the personal details of over 100 million people in north america have been hacked. the hacker stole information including credit scores, balances and social security numbers. a suspect has been charged with computer fraud in a court in seattle. the headlines on bbc news... a formerjudge says police "must be investigated" over the probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring that was based on the lies of carl beech. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money. the pound dipped against all other major currencies this morning. borisjohnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit.

sport now, here's will perry. good afternoon. everton have sold midfielder idrissa gueye to paris st—germain today for a fee in the region of £30 million. the senegal international had been at goodison park for three years afterjoining from aston villa. he returns to france where he spent seven seasons with lille earlier in his career. more on gareth bale now, as we told you yesterday he pulled out of real madrid's trip to munich for a pre—season tournament after the club blocked a move to china. make of this what you will. last week, real boss zinedine zidane said the welshman was "very close to leaving" having fallen out of favour. our sports correspondent david ornstein has more it is an incredible story and if you

think that gareth bale was all set for this big move to china, reports suggesting he would sign a three—year contract and earn an incredible £1 million per week for the p was pretty keen to go ahead with that obviously relationship is very poor with real madrid coach zinedine zidane at —— he was keen. and fans and players according to some reports. the real madrid president florentino perez cancelled the deal because he thought he would get a transfer fee in exchange for gareth bale who in 2013 joined the clu b gareth bale who in 2013 joined the club for a then world record £86 million but the chinese club said, hang on, we are paying so much on his salary that were not giving you any money for the transfer fee so florentino perez said no and pulled the plug and gareth bale now is to stay at real madrid, it seems. we will see where that one goes. britain's nicola adams has become wbo world flyweight champion for the first time because arely muthino is injured and unable to defend the title. adams was interim

champion and mandatory challenger to mucino ahead of their scheduled fight in march but adams was injured in the build—up. the wbo say the mexican has since suffered head and ankle injuries and is not able to "participate in active competition". and andy murray says he could return to playing singles at the cincinnati masters next month. he'll compete with his brotherjamie in the doubles at the washington open later. they'll face edouard roger—vasselin and nicolas mahut in their opening round match. he had previously said it was "pretty unlikely" he would play singles at the us open but said the best—case scenario probably would be cincinnati. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. attempts to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils and other children in england's secondary schools is almost at a "standstill", according to a new report. the ‘education policy institute' found poorer pupils are, on average, 18 months behind the rest of the class by the age of 16. our education correspondent

frankie mccamley reports. tackling the gap in achievements between poorer pupils who are eligible for free school meals and their peers has always been a priority. in the last eight years, analysis showed progress in closing the gap was slowing down to a point where it's now at a standstill. researchers found between 2017 and 2018, the gap has actually widened slightly by 0.2 months to 18.1 months, meaning poorer pupils are now 1.5 years behind their peers by gcse level, with larger gaps in parts of northern england of more than two years. the report also warns that black caribbean pupils have experienced particularly poor progress. in secondary schools, they're more likely to be in deficit than primary schools with around 30% of pupils in deficit. that's the age range where we're

seeing the real problems with the gap stopping and potentially starting to widen in future. at the current rate, the study predicts it will take 500 years to close the gap but the government says the gap for both primary and secondary schools has narrowed overall since 2011, with nearly £2.5 billion spent supporting disadvantaged pupils this year alone. frankie mccamley, bbc news. let's have a look at some more of today's top stories. an 86—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after female human remains were found in a septic tank in worcestershire. the bones were discovered in kempsey earlier this month, during an investigation into the disappearance of local woman brenda venables in 1982. police investigating rape allegations against brazilian football player neymar say they have closed the case. he was accused of the attack

on the woman in a paris hotel last month and was questioned by police in sao paulo for more than five hours. he denies the allegations. public transport in hong kong has been disrupted by pro—democracy protestors, causing chaos for the morning rush hour. activists blocked train doors, preventing trains from leaving stations and causing hundreds of people to look for other ways of getting to work. a pakistani military aircraft has crashed in a residential area of the city of rawalpindi, killing all five crew members and 12 civilians. the aircraft was on a training flight when it crashed and set off a fire. military and civilian rescue workers took the injured to hospital and put out the fire, leaving the smoking ruins of a house which appeared to have borne the brunt of the crash. farhat javed sent this report. this is an unprecedented incident

in the recent history of pakistan's army aviation when an aircraft has crashed in civilian population killing more than a dozen people. the official forget that we have so far says that 13 civilians, whereas five crew members including two senior army officers have been killed in this crash. it was a beach craft 350 air king of the 56th aviation squadron of the pakistan army which was on a training mission when it crashed down. we have spoken with the eyewitnesses here who say that this aircraft had already caught fire before it hit the ground. it hit two of the houses whereas there were two or three huts nearby which also caught fire. the rapper asap rocky has gone on trial in stockholm today, accused of assaulting a 19—year—old in the swedish capital last month. the case has sparked a major debate in the united states, with president trump, and celebrities including kim kardashian—west and justin bieber calling for his release. a lawyer involved in the case says he has new evidence that will prove the rapper is innocent.

people with alcohol problems in england are less than half as likely to get the right help than elsewhere in britain. while scotland and wales have invested in their services to help people with alcohol addiction, more than £100 million had been cut since services in england were reorganised in 2012, according to new research from kings college london. our social affairs correspondent michael buchananjoins me now. tell us a bit more about what the problem is full to the researchers are saying is that there are 1.2 million admissions to hospital for conditions in the united kingdom. million admissions to hospital for conditions in the united kingdomm england, there is a trend that has been growing by 17% since 2006 and they say that something like one in ten of all hospital admissions art

because somebody is dependent on alcohol in scotland and wales, they have invested in trying to get on top of those problems but in england they say that two things have happened, there have been cuts to community services that have meant that more than £100 million has been taken out of this which has had a real impact. you are seeing the amount of community support available cut by a fifth, the amount of impatient specialist detoxification service has been cut by more than half and the researchers are simply saying that these cuts don't make any sense. the services that are being cut have a strong evidence base of effectiveness and cost effectiveness. for every £1 you spend on treatment, you save over £3 in nhs and social care costs. really, cutting these services is a false economy. what has been the reaction to this? these are cuts to community services, public health budgets, they are the responsible ability of local councils in england

since 2012 and they are saying that the overall budget since 2010 have been cut massively, the public health budgets since 2015—16, they have lost £700 million across the board, and the councils are saying that we cannot cope with treating more and new users and people with alcohol problems at the same time as seeing our budgets cut. they want the upcoming spending review, the government to reinvest the money they have taken out a public health into these services. nhs england, which runs hospitals, they are planning to create 50 what are known as alcohol care teams in the hospitals with the highest numbers of alcohol—related admissions, that is part of their plan for the forthcoming years, and these teams do it really work. they bring together a number of different specialities, whether liver specialists, nurses, to try to understand why people have a problem with alcohol and try to move them away from being addicted to it. what the researchers are saying that it is brilliant that the teams are

being created, but perhaps not enough are being created but you can't simply have a rolls—royce service in the hospital environment, if in the community you have a robin reliant with a flat tire, as they said put simply, people leaving hospital app notes are put to try and keep them sober. thank you very much. a court has ruled that the singer katy perry copied one of her most popular songs from a christian rapper. the video for her song dark horse has been watched more than 2.5 billion times on youtube, but a jury in los angeles decided it constituted copyright infringement. lawyers representing marcus gray, who performs as flame, argued successfully that perry copied the beat of his song, joyful noise, though perry said she'd never heard of the track. it's been one of the most talked about tv shows of the summer, and last night fans tuned in to watch the final

of love island. i can't believe you don't know who won! if you don't want to know who won, then look away now! love it or loathe it, love island was the most watched programme of the year among 16 to 34—year—olds. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. greg and amber! together for just two of the eight—week long series, the shock moment when amber and greg were crowned this year's winners. the public clearly impressed with their devotion to each other. i knew kind of coming in that she definitely was the one out of the girls that were in the villa that i'd go for. her confidence straightaway was just something that stood out for me. he'sjust lovely. like, he'sjust lovely. he's got a nice energy about him. yeah. i like being around you all the time. and you make us laugh. aw! you ask a girl to be your girlfriend... in the future, shows like this could well be under greater scrutiny, though. i was petrified of nobody picking me. at the start of the month, nearly 200 people contacted ofcom, many of them concerned

for the welfare of contestant amy hart. she said after exiting the show that the programme had given her the support she needed, both during her time on love island and after leaving. and media regulator ofcom are proposing new rules to ensure that all radio and tv programmes do take proper care of participants' well—being and mental health. the show has been a huge ratings hit for itv2, with a few episodes being watched by more than 6 million viewers, sometimes beating popular soaps like emmerdale and eastenders. and fans may not have to wait until next summer for the next series. itv says that from 2020, there will be two series of love island each year. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. some sunshine in places but for most

we have these heavy and thundery and quite frequent showers spiralling around an area of low pressure becoming much more widespread across england and wales and working northwards through parts of scotland. some sunshine on the east coast of scotland and england, the highest temperatures his but gusty winds associated with the showers, some thunder and lightning and some of the gusts could touch 50 mph on southern coasts. this evening and overnight, the showers work further north and east woods, becoming more concentrated in the midlands, northern england, southern scotland put up mainly dry in northern ireland and the far north of scotla nd ireland and the far north of scotland and also drier in southern england but another quite muggy night. tomorrow we still have the showers in place, thickly in the midlands northward, northern england and parts of scotland. not many in northern ireland and looking dry out in parts of wales and south and south—west england falter in the sunshine, 22—24d, 80 or 90 with the showers possible still heavy showers going through thirsty —— 18 or 19 because of the trend is for something a bit dryer through friday

and the first part of the weekend. am afraid sunday could see the showers back with us. hello, this is bbc newsroom live with rebecca jones. the headlines... the probe based on the lies of carl beech — a formerjudge, who reviewed the way police investigated claims of a vip paedophile ring, has said officers may have broken the law.

the pound has continued to fall on currency markets — as the government insists that the uk is prepared to leave the eu without a deal. borisjohnson will visit wales for the first time as prime minister — hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit. people with alcohol problems in england are less than half as likely to get the right help than elsewhere in britain according to new research. attempts to close the gap in performance between poorer students and their classmates in england's secondary schools have stalled for the first time in eight years. the captain of the tanker carrying iranian oil held off gibraltar after being seized by british royal marines has told the bbc‘s tom bateman that his crew has been caught up in what he called a political game. the captain, an indian national, spoke on the condition of anonymity. he says the force used to detaining

the ship was unnecessary. they came up to the bridge and i asked the man, "what do you want" theyjust pointed the gun and they started shouting, "look forward, look forward!" i said "i am the captain, "tell me what you want." theyjust didn't listen to me. i was totally shocked, i didn't know what to feel because they didn't give me a chance to talk. there was no regulations followed. we are 28 unarmed crew. i was in a state of shock. everybody was in a state of shock. i was trying to talk to them and they were not communicating. when you say no regulations were followed, in what sense? i mean, how do you come on a ship like this with armed forces and with such brute force, for what reason?

you suspect the vessel is carrying oil, all you need to do to arrest the ship is to have a master comes on board and says, "captain, give me your certificate, you are being arrested," that is all that needs to be done, i don't know why so much force was used. i don't understand. after a children's hospital in aleppo was bombed in 2016, british—syrian doctor rola hallam decided to raise money to build a new one. her crowdfunding campaign raised more than £240,000 in two weeks. hope hospital, run by the independent doctors association, opened in 2017. two years on, dr hallam visited it for the first time. last time i was here, i came face—to—face with the war machine. and saw the ugly and devastating reality of war. this time i came and also came

face—to—face with war, but in a very different way. hope hospital was built as a direct result of the bombing of a children's hospital in aleppo. hope hospital was built because thousands of people came around together from around the world together with 38 organisations and said it is not

acceptable to bomb hospitals, it is not ok to bomb children, and we will rebuild. ..but the border ahead is maybe closed, and there is a few hours... great news, the convoy has just made it into turkey. woo! despite the war that still rages on, there is still daily bombardment that is happening in idlib, not very far away from where we are now. the war still continues on. but i do see hope. two children aged six and 13 are among those confirmed dead after a shooting at a food festival

in california on sunday. four people were killed, including the gunman who was shot by police. the authorities are still trying to establish a motive for the attack. dave lee reports. what's going on, what's going on?! as the shots rang out, there was at first confusion, and then panic, and eventually disbelief. they're shooting! for most of the weekend, this was the scene of a happy, popular food festival, with around 80,000 people in attendance. but by sunday evening, it had turned into the latest american mass shooting, the 246th in this country, in this year alone. pop, pop, pop, pop, and wejust went behind some tents and took cover. and we knew right away when we saw a lot of people just running away from there. we thought it was a firecracker. and then, when i looked to the side, we knew it wasn't. we both turned at the same exact time and saw him

standing right there. he was within, what, ten feet of us? yeah, he shot one shot. he wasjust going back and forth. and then he put the clip in, and hejust started moving back and forth, walking towards our tent because that's where most of the people were in that area, and he just started shooting. police said they took less than a minute to shoot dead the man once he opened fire, but even with that rapid response, the gunman was able to cause carnage with what police described as an ak—47—like rifle. there absolutely would have been more bloodshed, i believe. with the number of people, in the small area that they were in, i think it's very, very fortunate that they were able to engage him as quickly as they did. six—year—old stephen romero is the first victim identified. he had been visiting with his mother and grandmother, who were both wounded. also among the dead, a man in his 20s and a girl aged 13. police confirmed the killer to be santino legan, a 19—year—old man who was able to evade security by cutting

through the festival's perimeterfence. he was also able to avoid california's gun laws, the most strict in the country, by simply travelling to the neighbouring state of nevada to buy the weapon legally. dave lee, bbc news, in gilroy, california. now, you may have seen these pictures circulating on social media at the weekend, showing a woman abusing lgbt pride marchers in walthamstow, east london on saturday. shame on you! god created adam and eve! adam and eve! god created adam and eve! last night metropolitan police said that a 38—year—old woman has been arrested under section 4a of the public order act. well, earlier the steward you saw in the footage, steve proctor,

who tried to steer marchers away, gave his first interview about what happened to the victoria derbyshire show. it was a lovely, lovely march, full of peace and love, celebrating diversity and equality. there had been one brief moment, a little earlier on, involving another person. which was dealt with pretty much in exactly the same way, all the marchers just basically silently rejected the hate that was being thrown at them. we had experienced a little bit with the same woman on the way to the march because we were on the side of the street where her shop was. so we deliberately chose to walk on the other side of the road coming back in order to not be confrontational but she came out and started again which i was very surprised about. 0k. just to be clear, you are nothing to do with pride, but you do sometimes steward at other events.

i cannot speak for pride, or the committee that was organising the march on that day, i was a volunteer, a very strong, proud ally for the lgbt community and part, one of my things is trying to support people to exercise their democratic right to march, basically, and to express themselves. how surprised have you been by the response that you received? first of all i didn't know i was being filmed, we were being filmed, my natural inclination was to try and put myself in a position where i could prevent any escalation of the situation. i know for certain that the marcher was simply approaching the person to try and engage with them with love and peace to try and have a dialogue, basically. i realised it probably wasn't the best time for that to happen and was able to persuade the marcher that it would probably be better to rejoin the march

and for us to move on. when i realised, i was subconsciously actually turning my back on hate and rejecting it outright but i was very surprised at how quickly it was taken up and how many times it's been retweeted and viewed, it's about three or four million views now. not always with the most positive comments. the fact you were physically putting yourself in the way, creating a blockade, physical barrier people have taken that in whichever way they want and it's not necessarily been great, it's not exactly been praised. the disappointing thing is how it's been taken up and redistributed by, shall be say, known right—wing bloggers, shall we say. and it's been used to generate more hate and what's really sad about the whole thing is that whilst we reject the hate that was there, i reject the hate that was there at the time, i certainly also reject the hate that it's being used to generate.

i'm against all hate, basically, you know and it's very distressing for me to be part of a situation that was resolved very peacefully, very lovingly. you can hear the marchers saying as they are moving away, we love you and we will never shame you to the woman who is shouting abuse at them. and i think that completely sums up the atmosphere and the intent of the march itself. so for me, it's been very disappointing to see some people using it in a very negative way to try and create more hate. we're in the middle of a "public health crisis" when it comes to sleep. that's the message from the head of one of the country's leading child sleep services, who says the full scale of children with sleeping problems is worse than previously thought. professor heather elphick has launched a scheme in sheffield which has helped hundreds of young people get more sleep, as louis lee ray reports. jackie and her twin daughters live near leeds. jessica and jasmine are four and they have always struggled to sleep. it wasn't helped by a difficult start in life.

they had suffered chronic recurring illness and repeated hospital admissions, so the first few years were tough. the girls' sleep got so bad it was having a devastating effect on the whole family. i was planning to return to work after 12 months but there was no way i could. according to the nhs, these girls are just two of the thousands getting help for sleep conditions. they were referred to the sleep clinic where nurses come up with a bedtime routine specific for each patient. the girls were diagnosed with restless legs. that often wakes them as they sleep, so they were prescribed a gentle sedative. jackie also stuck to the routine she worked out with the clinic. this clinic in sheffield is one of a small number of services around the uk and it is stretched. they see 800 new children a year and the situation is getting worse. it's postcode lottery when it comes to sleep services across the country.

this is a hidden public health crisis when it comes to sleep. but things are looking up for the girls. after almost a year, jessica and jasmine have been given the all clear from the service. i don't even really like talking about the days prior to sleep. but on a good night we can walk out and then 12 hours later they will wake up. some news just some newsjust in here at some news just in here at the some newsjust in here at the bbc, downing street has confirmed the prime minister boris johnson downing street has confirmed the prime minister borisjohnson has had a telephone conversation with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. why is this significant? normally in recent times the incoming uk prime ministers have called their irish cou nterpa rts ministers have called their irish counterparts on the first day of assuming office, but up until today

borisjohnson had assuming office, but up until today boris johnson had not assuming office, but up until today borisjohnson had not spoken to leo varadkar. his failure to do so had been branded discourteous and offensive by sinn fein, but he has now spoken to him. of course, the issue of what happens on the border between ireland and the island of ireland in the event of no—deal brexit is of course very high on the political agenda. we now have confirmation from downing street that a conversation has taken place. the headlines on bbc news... a formerjudge says police "must be investigated" over the probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring — that was based on the lies of carl beech. boris johnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister — hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit. poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses — according to new research.

for many people, coming out as lesbian or gay to their friends and family is one of the most challenging things they'll ever do. but for those coming from religious backgrounds it can be even more difficult. five years ago today, dr naz mahmood took his own life after being outed as gay to his strictly religious family. now, a foundation set up by his fiancee, matt, is calling on parents from faith backgrounds to be vocal supporters of their children. nomia iqbal has been speaking to him. sunflowers remind matt of naz — they were his favourite. matt regularly spends time here on a memorial bench for his fiance. they met in their early 20s in a birmingham club. it was love at first sight. that moment, my life changed forever. he sat down, he asked me my name and the third question he asked was, "i'm a muslim, is that going to be a problem?"

what was your reaction to that? i had to give it some thought because why would somebody ask me such a profound question? because it didn't make any difference to me. but it did to naz‘s family, whose strict interpretation of islam meant that their son kept his relationship with matt a secret for 13 years. when they did find out, they wanted him to get therapy. it meant that the thing that he cherished the most, the thing that was so important to him, which was his identity, the thing that he had to struggle to own and accept, they were basically saying the thing that was the most truthful about him, which was himself, had to be got rid of for him to be accepted. naz was left distraught. within days, he took his own life. matt wants to make sure this never happens again. any parent watching this, please, just hold out your arms, just give your child a big hug and just tell them that you love them. because that one thing might

actually just save their life. the leading lgbt+ homeless charity albert kennedy trust is where many people go to get support when their families reject them. in terms of family rejection, is it always to do with faith? it's a complex situation. i woouldn't single out any one faith. i think that actually, when we look back at our stats, like, last year, it was almost 50—50 when it came to islamic and christian—based denomination. it's the parents' choice at the end of the day. it's not a religious body that is forcing that parent to make that choice, it's that parent using religion to make that choice. at the age of eight, samir knew he was gay but kept it to himself for 12 years out of fear of his parents' reaction. when i was a child, essentially, i did think that my entire life i was going to hide being gay. i genuinely thought i was going to take this secret to the grave. and then when you go

to your religious community, everybody there is essentially saying negative things about lgbt stuff as well, and they are quoting the koran saying it says you're going to go to hell. but samir‘s dad looks at it differently. do you think you are an exceptional father in that you're a muslim father, your son has come out and said he's gay? it doesn't matter if he's gay or not, you know. i always want to be an exceptional dad. we go on about saving people's lives, so i am sure you could save somebody‘s life by saying, ok, you're muslim and you're gay, don't worry about it. matt is hoping more parents can be like samir‘s. on the fifth anniversary of naz‘s death, he's launching out and proud parents day in order to honour naz‘s legacy. nomia iqbal, bbc news. between now and 2050,

more than one and a half billion trees need to be planted in the uk to combat climate change. that's the stark warning from government advisors, who say nowhere near enough is being done. david gregory—kumar has this report. in warwickshire, not far from stratford—upon—avon, a walk in a new wood. down by the side of the road we have cherry lime so there's a bit of colour. and by the river, quite a lot of willow and osier. when dave harding's teenage son asked him what he was doing to improve the environment, he decided to plant avon wood. hundreds of new trees planted on newly purchased land by the river avon and part funded by a government grant. it was important we had the confidence to take this on. i'm a city boy. 32 acres for someone who has never planted more than a postage stamp was daunting. but knowing i could get the grant to get me started, and to get a bit of professional help certainly gave me the confidence to do it. now a bbc investigation has revealed big variations in who gets

tree—pla nting money, and it seems our towns and cities are missing out. rural areas were receiving the vast majority of them which probably would come as no surprise, and urban areas were receiving very few, if any. just five council areas, including stratford—upon—avon, are responsible for planting more than a quarter of all the new trees in england. joining stratford—upon—avon, northumberland, eden, carlisle and county durham, typical of the rural areas that benefited from the government's cash for trees scheme. meanwhile, liverpool, bristol, croydon and leicester were amongst the urban areas which didn't get any cash or trees from this scheme at all. the problem seems to be the way the fund was set up did not appeal to urban landowners, and campaigners argue urban trees are just as important as their countryside counterparts. one of the great things about tree cover in an urban area is that it provides a massive amount of shade, and that shade actually gives people a benefit and a release from the heat.

but perhaps things might be changing because since we started this investigation, the government seems to have changed its position. so, since we made our discovery, the government has announced another scheme specifically for urban tree—planting. they are going to release £10 million to plant about 130,000 trees, specifically in big cities. and if it wants to hit that target of 1.5 billion new trees by 2050, the government will need to plant trees anywhere it can. david gregory—kumar, bbc news, near stratford—upon—avon. it takes place every four years and has more young participants than the olympic games. for the last ten days, 50,000 young people from every corner of the world have been at a purpose—built camp site in west virginia celebrating the work of the scout movement. the world jamboree aims to bring them all together through friendship, culture and sport. from there, mike bushell reports.

from across the world they came, nearly 50,000 scouts from most of the countries on earth to make new friends, party and challenge themselves in dozens of sports. to west virginia, usa, and a venue on a scale never seen before. look at the scale of this. just as these scouts have come from across the world, so the whole movement has come so far since the first world scout jamboree when there were just 7000 or 8000 scouts. now there are far more than five times that number and here they are gathering for the opening ceremony. among them, this 14—year—old from kenya. he is here thanks to a foundation. you meet different countries

and it is cool to be friends and i come to know all the different countries. no matter where we are we're still brothers and sisters. every scout has a digital wristband that helps them connect with each other and also reach the network of 50 million scouts around the world. bear grylls, a former scout himself, is here and he leads by example. above all, scouting gave me friendships and a sense of pride. we see such a divided world in so many ways, you know. this, for me, is a reminder that actually what bonds us together is much more than what separates us to stick it stands for so much. almost 50% of the scouts here are now female. meeting different people has changed my life.

we met loads of different people from countries and learned about their cultures and it is help me open my eyes to what my life is like and how it is different to other people's. you become neighbours with the world. the italians are setting up their tents here, next to the chileans. all the countries are mixed up together so you don't know who your neighbours will be. this is competitive as well. you get more points the more activities you do. awards for if they are climbing spots, watersports or aerial sports. and this is the uk against colombia. and what better way to bond with new friends than with the teamwork needed in sport, and on a record breaking scale. the largest zipline network, the second—biggest skate park in the us. everything is now here to stay on this permanent site. 14 million young people living

in refugee camps and most of them do not have the opportunity for this. and because we think we are the biggest movement, youth movement for education so we are trying to bring education to those kids. it means that here in this city they are as one, equally scouts. learning about each other and their own cultures, different nations through direct interaction whether it be through sport or sitting around and having a chat. that's it from me. same time, same place tomorrow. reeta will be here for the news at one next — but before that — lets take a look at the weather with alina jenkins. given there is some heavy rain in this forecast let's start with some sunshine. some around this afternoon across parts of north england and east anglia, the eastern side of scotland, but for others we are

dealing with heavy and frequent showers, locally thundery. dark clouds and rough seas along the coast at lyme regis a short while ago. most of these showers are spiralling around this area of low pressure becoming more widespread across england and wales. another zone of shower moving north through england and the scottish borders up towards the central belt. this area across england and wales will become more widespread through the day bringing some of the heaviest downpours. local thunder and lightning. warnings in place for this. gusty winds associated with these showers. widely 30 or 40 mph, locally 50 and we could see some damage to trees. they were showers along some eastern coast of england and scotland. temperatures up to 23 or 24 and scotland. temperatures up to 23 or24 in the and scotland. temperatures up to 23 or 24 in the best sunshine. just 19 or 24 in the best sunshine. just 19 or 20 where there are showers. they keep on going through this evening and overnight, pushing north and becoming mainly through the midlands, northern england and south—east scotland. mainly dry for northern ireland. another muggy

night for most. temperatures not much lower than 14 or 15. this area of low pressure is still close on wednesday. it has shunted a bit further north and east. for parts of wales and south—west and southern england we should see fewer showers, drier here through the day. further heavy and locally thundery showers through the midlands, northern england, parts of southern scotland, northern ireland probably mainly dry sunny spells. in the sunshine temperatures between 21 and 24. where we have showers, 18 or 19. thursday the winds slowly start to lose some of their strength is the area of low pressure starts to slide away through the north sea. still close enough to the uk that it will generate some showers, particularly through the central belt of scotland, then some eastern coast, into northern england, may be parts of the midlands. further south and west and northern ireland again mainly dry with sunshine, 24 or 25.

whilst it will be some showers through friday and saturday, not as many and not as heavy and many places becoming dry and a bit warmer. bye—bye.

a former high courtjudge has said police officers investigating an alleged vip paedophile ring may themselves have broken the law. their inquiry was based on invented claims by carl beech, who was jailed last week. ex—judge richard henriques says officers should not have claimed he was a consistent witness. we'll be asking how damaging this intervention is to the metropolitan police. also this lunchtime: boris johnson visits wales to rally support for his farming plans post—brexit — but union leaders warn of civil unrest if there's no deal. they're going to be really worried about it, they may sort of decide to protest or whatever, that's their right but i think they're going to be more concerned if their livelihood is going to be there and if they are going to be able

to continue in business.